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Using the Wills Index

You can search this index of over 38,000 entries to see what Archdeaconry of Berkshire wills, administrations and inventories we have for the period 1480 to 1857.

Let's explain the difference between these records.

Wills: this is the most common record in which an individual sets out their intentions as to what should happen to their possessions after death and to appoint executors.

Administrations (admons): If a person died without making a will (intestate), the court had to appoint people to administer the estate and issued letters of administration. The appointed persons would then enter an administration bond to carry out various tasks. However, they do not reveal anything about actual possessions unless an inventory is included.

Inventories: This was made as a true record of the extent and value of the deceased’s estate and often included debts as well as possessions.

It's also worth noting that sometimes, all that survives is a registered copy of a probate record, which is a hand written version in a bound volume.

How to use the wills index:

The index is listed by surname, but also provides details of place name and occupation as well the document reference of the record and what microfilm/fiche (MF) copies we have.

To use the Name Search simply enter the name as surname, first name. For example: Blackmore, Dennis.

You can also search by surname only or first name only.

For place names or occupations please use the Keyword Search.

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Name	Place Name	Occupation	Year	BRO Ref	MF Copy
FARMER, John	Stanford In The Vale	Yeoman	1665	D/A1/68/110/1	MF519
FARMER, John	Stanford In The Vale	Tailor	1671	D/A1/68/133	MF519
FARMER, John	Lambourn	Innholder	1679	D/A1/190/88	MF96037
FARMER, John	Speen		1711	D/A1/69/115	MF519
FARMER, John	West Shefford	Yeoman	1759	D/A1/85/15	MF530
FARMER, John Snr	Easton, Welford	Yeoman	1662	D/A1/68/101	MF519
FARMER, John Snr	West Shefford	Miller	1673	D/A1/190/78	MF96037
FARMER, Joseph	Kintbury		1774	D/A1/190/231	MF96039
FARMER, Luke	Chaddleworth	Labourer	1825	D/A1/150/109	MF559
FARMER, Margaret	Easton, Welford		1700	D/A1/69/73	MF519
FARMER, Margery	Speen		1615	D/A1/67/165 D/A1/15/518	MF518 MF10065
FARMER, Martha	Stanford In The Vale		1645	D/A1/68/066	MF518
FARMER, Mary	Lambourn		1749	D/A1/70/161	MF519
FARMER, Richard	Chaddleworth		1609	D/A1/189/153	MF96036
FARMER, Richard	Chaddleworth		1609	D/A1/168/054	MF96001
FARMER, Thomas	Stanford In The Vale	Husbandman	1599	D/A1/67/094 D/A1/13/392	MF518 MF10049
FARMER, Thomas	Shaw Cum Donnington	Husbandman	1692	D/A1/69/48	MF519
FARMER, Thomas	Cumnor	Labourer	1692	D/A1/190/135	MF96038
FARMER, Thomas	Shilton, Oxfordshire		1819	D/A1/150/102	MF559
FARMER, Thomas Snr	Stanford In The Vale		1646	D/A1/68/068	MF518
FARMER, Thomas William	Newbury	Fellmonger	1838	D/A1/151/1	MF559
FARMER, William	Hamstead Marshall	Brickmaker	1666	D/A1/80/148	MF527
FARMER, William	Hamstead Marshall	Brick Burner	1696	D/A1/197/164	MF96053
FARNHAM, John	Reading St Giles		1662	D/A1/190/63	MF96037
FARNILL, John	Burghfield	Wheelwright	1685	D/A1/190/115	MF96038
FARR, Henry	Ashbury	Husbandman	1681	D/A1/69/8	MF519
FARR, Henry	Watchfield, Shrivenham	Yeoman	1736	D/A1/70/116	MF519
FARR, Isaac	Reading	Victualler	1726	D/A1/69/158	MF519
FARR, Joan	Odstone, Ashbury		1710	D/A1/69/113	MF519
FARR, Joan	Ashbury		1710	D/A1/69/113	MF519
FARR, John	Lambourn		1688	D/A1/190/123	MF96038
FARR, John Snr	Beckett, Shrivenham	Yeoman	1707	D/A1/69/100	MF519
FARR, Sarah	Reading		1737	D/A1/70/124	MF519
FARR, William Snr	Kinstone Winslow, Ashbury	Yeoman	1697	D/A1/190/145	MF96038
FARRA, Alice	Warfield		1595	D/A1/189/131 D/A1/12/200 D/A1/12/394	MF96036 MF10048 MF10048
FARRANT, Agnes	Sunninghill		1622	D/A1/67/221	MF518
FARRANT, Philip Snr	Sunninghill	Yeoman	1621	D/A1/67/232 D/A1/67/234	MF518 MF518
FARRAR, Thomas	New Windsor, Windsor	Yeoman	1611	D/A1/67/142 D/A1/15/173	MF518 MF10065
FARRE , Robert	Watchfield, Shrivenham	Husbandman	1638	D/A1/190/038	MF96037
FARRE, Henry	Beckett, Shrivenham	Yeoman	1658	D/A1/68/82	MF518
FARREAR, Elizabeth	Warfield		1615	D/A1/189/159 D/A1/168/118	MF96036 MF96001
FARROW , Thomas Snr	Thatcham	Farmer, Chairmaker	1775	D/A1/70/193	MF520
FARROW, Edmund	Warfield	Yeoman	1703	D/A1/129/52	MF548
FARROW, Edward	Thatcham	Butcher	1731	D/A1/70/105	MF519
FARROW, Edward	Newbury	Butcher	1731	D/A1/70/103	MF519
FARROW, John	Newbury	Fuller	1599	D/A1/67/093 D/A1/13/386	MF518 MF10049
FARROW, Jonathan	Newbury	Butcher	1760	D/A1/70/175	MF520
FARROW, Jonathan	Newbury		1838	D/A1/151/2	MF559
FARROW, William	Newbury	Butcher	1709	D/A1/190/164	MF96038
FARROW, William	Newbury		1852	D/A1/151/26	MF559
FARROWE, John	Newbury	Butcher	1671	D/A1/68/131	MF519
FARTHING, Walter	Brightwalton	Husbandman	1607	D/A1/67/122 D/A1/14/288	MF518 MF10064
FARYNGTON, John	Steventon		1555	D/A1/4/070 D/A1/7/097	MF604 MF10040
FASSETT, Hannah	Thatcham		1812	D/A1/150/94	MF559
FASSETT, Robert	Welford	Victualler	1747	D/A1/70/150	MF519
FASSETT, Sarah	Thatcham		1752	D/A1/70/167	MF519
FAUCKNER, Edward	Wootton, Cumnor	Husbandman	1608	D/A1/67/125 D/A1/14/424	MF518 MF10064
FAUKENS, William	East Challow, Letcombe Regis		1545	D/A1/233/115	MF96132
FAUKYNS, William	East Challow, Letcombe Regis		1545	D/A1/2/208 D/A1/6/181	MF604 MF10043B
FAULKNER , Ralph Snr	Padworth	Yeoman	1822	D/A1/150/104	MF559
FAULKNER, Ann	South Hinksey		1791	D/A1/190/237	MF96039
FAULKNER, George	Reading		1843	D/A1/151/13	MF559
FAULKNER, George	Reading	Victualler	1846	D/A1/227/159	MF96124
FAULKNER, John	South Hinksey, Cumnor	Husbandman	1611	D/A1/67/138 D/A1/15/101	MF518 MF10065
FAULKNER, John	South Hinksey	Yeoman	1715	D/A1/69/129	MF519
FAULKNER, Sarah	South Hinksey		1809	D/A1/150/86	MF559
FAULKNER, Thomas	North Hinksey		1853	D/A1/227/162	MF96124
FAWCETT, Humphrey	New Windsor, Windsor	Baker	1622	D/A1/16/034	MF10066
FAWCKENER, John	South Hinksey, Cumnor		1558	D/A1/66/188 D/A1/7/240 D/A1/7/384	MF517 MF10040 MF10040
FAWCONER (ALIAS NOKE), Edborah	Reading		1715	D/A1/190/179	MF96038
FAWCONER, Peter	Reading	Physican	1746	D/A1/190/210	MF96039
FAWKENER, Joan	South Hinksey		1661	D/A1/190/60	MF96037
FAWKENER, Peter	Waltham St Lawrence	Clerk, Vicar	1626	D/A1/16/099	MF10066
FAWLAND, Unity	Wallingford		1681	D/A1/190/97	MF96038
FAWLKNER, John	Hinksey, Cumnor		1558	D/A1/66/181	MF517
FAWLKNER, Mary	South Hinksey		1679	D/A1/190/91	MF96037
FAWNE, Roger	Kintbury		1604	D/A1/67/110 D/A1/13/1247	MF518 MF10049
FAY, Elizabeth	Basildon		1690	D/A1/69/43	MF519
FAYARCHILDE, John			1557	D/A1/189/097	MF96036
FAYRBEARD, Anthony	Uffington	Yeoman	1681	D/A1/69/9	MF519
FAYREBEARD, Margaret	Uffington		1641	D/A1/16/616	MF10066
FAYREHORNE, Edward	Watchfield, Shrivenham	Yeoman	1636	D/A1/68/016	MF518
FAYRETHORNE, William	Upper Lambourn, Lambourn	Husbandman	1554	D/A1/7/057 D/A1/66/160	MF10040 MF517
FAYTHFILL, Robert	Newbury		1617	D/A1/189/163	MF96036
FAYTHFULL, Ann	Elcot, Kintbury		1673	D/A1/68/140	MF519
FAYTHFULL, Elizabeth	Holt, Kintbury		1639	D/A1/68/029	MF518
FAYTHFULL, John	Newbury	Carpenter	1632	D/A1/68/001	MF518
FAYTHFULL, Richard	Woolhampton		1570	D/A1/66/219 D/A1/9/222	MF517 MF10046
FAYTHFULL, Richard	Winterbourne, Chieveley	Yeoman	1590	D/A1/67/049 D/A1/11/339	MF518 MF10047B
FEALD, Joan	South Moreton		1640	D/A1/68/036	MF518
FEAR, Edward	Buckland		1742	D/A1/70/142	MF519
FEAREBEARD, John	Wootton, Cumnor		1557	D/A1/233/101	MF96132
FEASSYE, John	Aston, Remenham	Labourer	1603	D/A1/189/143	MF96036
FEASY, Sibyl	Remenham		1608	D/A1/189/148 D/A1/168/029	MF96036 MF96001
FEATS , Thomas Jnr	Boxford	Malt Maker	1740	D/A1/84/175	MF529
FEATS (ALIAS HUGHES), Thomas	Leckhampstead, Chieveley		1806	D/A1/228/72	MF96125
FEATS, Elizabeth	Chieveley		1806	D/A1/153/18	MF560
FEATS, Thomas	Boxford	Malt Maker	1740	D/A1/84/176	MF529
FEAYRECHILDE, Edward	Upper Lambourn, Lambourn	Husbandman	1616	D/A1/67/174 D/A1/15/617	MF518 MF10065
FEELD, Robert	North Moreton	Labourer	1603	D/A1/67/106 D/A1/13/925	MF518 MF10049

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